Universal Pictures have come out of a three-way bidding war victorious, leaving Sony and Netflix down for the count. The prize: the movie rights to Stephen King's The Tommyknockers. There's no writer or director yet, or any news on an expected release date but James Wan is attached as a producer. Surely for fans of Stephen King, this is ssome pretty exciting news. There's been no shortage of adaptations of King's works lately, with IT, 1922 and Mr Mercedes all getting the treatment, and I'm excited to see this less talked about piece getting the same attention.
The Tommyknockers is a 1987 horror/sci-fi novel by King, that centres around the residents of the Maine town of Haven gradually fall under the influence of a mysterious object buried in the woods. This was the first "adult" book I read one summer in France when I was 12, so it's always been firmly in my consciousness. There was a 1993 TV adaptation, although as with many King adaptations of the period, it wasn't very well received. I personally absolutely love all of the TV/movie adaptations of King's, even the infamous Maximum Overdrive. I'm a big fan of "bad" movies.
If you enjoy Stephen King's works, you might enjoy another horror author called James Herbert. He's probably my greatest horror icon, who sadly passed away in 2013. He first came to prominence with his first book, The Rats. His biggest fling with hollywood was with the movie adaptation of his book, Fluke. Needless to say, the movie was a lot more PG than the book.
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Sources: Universal Pictures Wins Bidding War on James Wan's Film Adaptation of Stephen King's The Tommyknockers (https://geektyrant.com/news/universal-pictures-wins-bidding-war-on-james-wans-film-adaptation-of-stephen-kings-the-tommyknockers)